(Name of your Region), 1750-1914


Political

  • The French Revolution in 1789, which expelled King Louis from rule and put the National Assembly into power
  • The Directory took power later, which was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Napoleon became Emperor of France and worked to create a French Empire, which was eventually defeated by Britain and other European forces
  • Britain becomes one of the most powerful countries, and forms a massive Imperial Empire and controls most world trade
  • Germany unites into one country and begins on the path to global power by creating a small Imperial Empire
  • Italy also united for the first time since the rule of the Roman Empire
  • Most European states claim colonial land in Asia and Africa, including France, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Japan, Russia, the Netherlands, etc.

Economic

  • Slave Trade
  • Financial difficulties from 7 years war.
*Boston Tea Party [new taxes&duties]
*Fiscal problems in France
*Creole elites held economic power

Religious

  • Catholic and Protestant religions were main.
  • Protestant religions such as Lutheranism-Zwinglianism, Anglicanism, Presbyterianism-Calvinism, etc.
  • Church of England was a large power of/over the people of England.
  • Religion played a big part in influencing art, philosophy, culture and law.
  • other countries followed suite with European religions, like the spread of Christianity.


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Intellectual




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Near Geographic

  • Europe is made up of many countries
  • Most of the continent is very fertile with liveable weather
  • There are many mountains and rivers, which serve as both protection for nations and political boundries
  • The continent is littered with many natural resources, such as coal, metal, etc.
  • Water is everywhere in the form of oceans, rivers, lakes, and seas, which lead to extensive trade networks